This new video shows how gamers can interact with Wii's games and shows footage of games like Red Steel, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime Corruption, Wii Sports Games and more.
According to this print from the Official Xbox Magazine's (OXM) June calendar, Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting Edition should be available by tomorrow night for the Xbox 360. A print from Microsoft's "On The Horizon List" marks it for June 2006, for 400 Microsoft Points (see here).
Nintendo has announced "Common Sense Training for Adults" as a follow up to its Brain Age Nintendo DS game. Through problem solving and trivia, the game is designed to improve your "Common Sense," to "avoid embarrassment in the future." Common Sense Training for Adults will be released in Japan in October 2007.
Bestbuy.com has listed (here) three Wii games, listed at $49.99, available for pre-order. The three Wii games listed include Red Steel, Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The release date has been labeled "12/01/2006" .
The web site for the upcoming Xbox 360 game, Prey, has been has been updated with gameplay videos and character/creature animations. The developer journals reveal that a demo for Prey will be released June 22, 2006. Visit the official web site here.
The Xbox 360 has a clear cache feature, following the Spring Dashboard Update. The clear cache feature is not visible from any of the Dashboard's menus, so it must be accessed using a series of button combinations. To clear the cache on your Xbox 360, do the following:
- At the 360's memory selection screen (system blade), press the "Y" button while on the memory or HDD option.
- Press the following button sequence: X, X and the left bumper (LB), right bumper (RB), X, X.
- A pop-up says maintenance will be performed on your Xbox 360.
- Answer "yes" to clear the cache.
The Nintendo World Store in New York will be holding a midnight madness event for the Nintendo DS Lite's official debut in the United States. The event will take place on Saturday, June 10, starting at 9:00 p.m.
An ad hitting gaming magazines reveals the following Xbox Live Marketplace Conent coming in the next several months:
Xbox Live Arcade Games:
June 2006: Street Fighter 2: HFE Cost: 400 MS Points July 2006: Cloning Clyde Cost: 800 MS Points August/September 2006: Frogger Cost: 400 MS Points Lumines Live! Cost: 1200 MS Points Roboblitz Cost: 800 MS Points Pac-Man Cost: 400 MS Points
Xbox 360 Game Content:
July 2006: Perfect Dark Zero Map Pack 2 (Larger Maps) Cost: 500 MS Points Project Gotham Racing 3 Package (Cat/Mouse Game, Proximity Racing Mode) Cost: 500 MS Points Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Chapter 2 Pack) Cost: TBA Kameo: Hardcore Pack (Harder 1 player & co-op, new skins, new leaderboards, new co-op with competitive elements) Cost: 500 MS Points Call of Duty 2 (5 new multiplyaer maps) Cost: 500 MS Points
Several years ago, students made servers out of Xbox consoles as a way to save money from using PCs or a server. The Xbox consoles had a version of Linux installed to function as hosts to Philosophy student's web projects. After most of the staff had moved on and a new manager came into the department, he decided to take an Xbox console home to entertain his son during the summer school break. Soon after, the calls started to come in to the IT department’s help desk from Philosophy students who were unable to access their web projects.
The Perfect Dark Zero “Map Pack One” was prematurely announced last week, on June 2nd, but is now available for download from the Xbox Live Marketplace. The pack is about 232 megs and costs 500 Microsoft Points. Read more here.
